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14 Mar 2013, 7:50 pm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... -case.html


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14 Mar 2013, 9:13 pm

I don't know what to say, obviously I think a stable aspie is better able to deal with children than most nts, as were better able to privde a stable(predictable) environment for a child to grow up in.

However I think there are more than a few aspies on here that may not be fit parents depending on there state of mind. Espeically ones undergoing depression or some form of bi polar.

IT's a touchy issue, and I don't really know what to say, my bipolar aspie uncle has made my cousins lives a living hell, yet at the same time, I'm sure it's help many parents.



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15 Mar 2013, 9:44 pm

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However I think there are more than a few aspies on here that may not be fit parents depending on there state of mind.


And there are NTs who are not fit parents. AS shouldn't be the basis for this decision. It should be how the parents interacts with the child, not what their diagnosis is.

(Even parents with very 'bad news' diagnoses for parenting, such as borderline personality, can sometimes be decent parents despite the challenges of their condition.)